Little Chapter, Big Recruitment: Spring 2009

[silverpearls]

The final night of COB went really well!! We ended up voting on 23 PNMs (two came tonight that had been unable to make it to the other events) and honestly, we have a great group to consider. Almost all of them would be amazing new Venuses! Hopefully they actually will be - I'll find out late tonight how many we got. Technically the girls have until tomorrow night to think about it, but most accept or decline on the spot. I mean, they were only COBing one sorority, so they should probably already have decided whether or not they'd accept a bid from us... it's not like there are going to be any surprises!

All the PNMs seemed to be having a good time. Almost everyone was back for the final night, and there are only 2 or 3 that sisters said were no longer interested in taking a bid. One of them was a girl we really loved, but sadly she can't pledge because of a cultural issue - her family is foreign and doesn't really understand or approve of sororities, so they're forbidding her to pledge.

The two girls who were new tonight were great! Even though they only came to one party, everyone loved them. They were brought by one of our current New Members, and apparently they're really interested. They're in a very prestigious dance group on campus and are really friendly, pretty girls.

The only PNMs we had trouble with were the predictable ones... namely, the few who have rushed us a few times and are the perennial PNMs who won't take no for an answer. One of them was being really aggressive with the sisters about whether or not she would get a bid, which was a little scary.

Voting went pretty well. It wa a little more controversial than I thought, but we got done rather quickly. The only part that I worry about is that some of our New Members were present. Apparently we're not allowed to exclude them from discussion and voting even though they can't actually cast a vote, but I think it was a mistake to let them sit in. Voting is always kind of tough and a few of them were really upset by it - they thought it was "mean" and kept asking the New Member Educator what was said about them during Recruitment. Hopefully they'll understand that it's just the way the process works.

I'll be back later to let everyone know how it went!! As I'm typing this our Recruitment Chair is calling girls to extend bids...

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by silverpearls

The only PNMs we had trouble with were the predictable ones... namely, the few who have rushed us a few times and are the perennial PNMs who won't take no for an answer. One of them was being really aggressive with the sisters about whether or not she would get a bid, which was a little scary.

Gotta love "perennials." I swear, every chapter has one. Do you know if "aggressive girl" gets one?

Originally Posted by silverpearls

The only part that I worry about is that some of our New Members were present. Apparently we're not allowed to exclude them from discussion and voting even though they can't actually cast a vote, but I think it was a mistake to let them sit in. Voting is always kind of tough and a few of them were really upset by it - they thought it was "mean" and kept asking the New Member Educator what was said about them during Recruitment. Hopefully they'll understand that it's just the way the process works.

Wow. I always assumed that every sorority prohibited NMs from being present during any membership selection activities (like mine does). I think this is part of the reason why we don't. They're just so new, and it freaks them out that it can be so intense and that you don't always agree.